Guyana News

The chairman of the US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, Jason Smith on Friday evening at a reception held at the US Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch’s residence, stated that America cares greatly about Guyana’s stability and prosperity.

Following continuous rainfall across Georgetown yesterday, a section of the Main Street Avenue from Middle Street to Church Street was flooded.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday accepted Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Vietnam,  Pham Thi Kim Hoa at the Office of the President on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive.

For a second consecutive week, the scheduled meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been aborted due to a lack of quorum and Chairman Jermaine Figueira has said that he is mulling a motion for the National Assembly to reverse the April 2022 decision that changed the three-member quorum to its present five.

Twelve teachers from schools across the coast are the first batch to have completed their Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education offered by the Indira Gandhi Open University through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning.

Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday remanded three men to prison on the charges of break and enter and larceny committed on an accounting company on New Market Street.

Two out of the four men who were intercepted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) at sea back in November of last year yesterday made their first appearance before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrate’s Court and were sentenced to 40 months each after both pled guilty.

John Fernandes Insurance Services is being voluntarily liquidated. According to a notice in the Official Gazette, at a General Meeting of the company duly convened and held on the 9th day of March, 2023, the following Special Resolution was duly passed: That with effect from the 31st day of March, 2023, the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Jack A.

Twenty-seven-year-old Akeem Archer who was recently nabbed by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) was yesterday remanded to prison when he made his appearance before Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Adrian Hetmyer (left) and Daniel Persaud appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at the Whim Magistrate’s Court today charged with the offence of trafficking in narcotics to wit approximately 233 lbs (106 kg) of cannabis on 6th November, 2022.

Jamaican economist and University of the West Indies lecturer Dr Damien King forecasts doom for Guyana as he believes it would fall victim to the resource curse because it lacks strong institutions to prevent corruption.

A group of civil society activists are calling for the postponement of the public hearings on the Wales gas to shore project, citing among other reasons, that having Head of the Guyana Energy Agency Dr Mahender Sharma on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) was a conflict of interest.

The proposed Barbados-Guyana Food Terminal is currently awaiting approval from the Town and Country Planning of Barbados, according to that country’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in the Diamond-Grove area, East Bank Demerara in Region Four about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Parties that make up the joinder list have commenced consultations for the replacement of Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) member Lenox Shuman, who has tendered his resignation as a Member of Parliament.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has set one of its lowest production targets in years, despite significant investments in the sector.

The driver of a hire car is in custody as police continue their investigations into a fatal accident which occurred at about 22:30 hrs on Saturday on the Stanleytown Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

Local artist Esan Benzy blew past 70 other entries to win the Guyana Police Force (GPF) academylogo and slogan competition.

Having completed 40 houses in various areas across the country since it was launched by President Irfaan Ali last year, Men On Mission (MOM) is focused on its 2023 programme, which aims to also deepen the existing partnership between the joint services, community-based organisations and the private sector with the unwavering support of both central and local governments.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd on Saturday participated virtually in the Inter-national Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants and their Host Countries and Communities and committed to Guyana’s continued support to Venezuela refugees.